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sarzwix's review
4.0
I'd read Sunset Song already, and wanted to read the rest, so this was a good way to do that. I loved all of them, but was left with an abiding sense of melancholy at the end.
rjnicaoidh's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A brilliant read that looks at rural East coast Scotland in the run up to WW1 and the changing landscape and difficulties a young woman finds herself in. A must read.
lnatal's review
4.0
A gift from my dear friend Bettie!!
This trilogy is composed by the following books:
4* Sunset Song, see My review here.
3* Cloud Howe, see My review here.
In this last book, Grey Granite, there are four sections which are called after different constituents of granite: Epidote ( a greenish silicate of calcium, aluminum, and iron), Sphene (whose crystals are wedge-shaped and which contains the element titanium - strong, light, corrosion-resistant), Apatite (consisting of calcium phosphate and fluoride), and Zircon (a tetragonal mineral, of which jacinth and jargon are varieties - jacinth is reddish orange, and jargoon brilliant and colorless).
Tom Wintringham (editor of Left Review), he termed this last book as "the best novel written this side the Channel since Hardy stopped writing".
This trilogy is composed by the following books:
4* Sunset Song, see My review here.
3* Cloud Howe, see My review here.
In this last book, Grey Granite, there are four sections which are called after different constituents of granite: Epidote ( a greenish silicate of calcium, aluminum, and iron), Sphene (whose crystals are wedge-shaped and which contains the element titanium - strong, light, corrosion-resistant), Apatite (consisting of calcium phosphate and fluoride), and Zircon (a tetragonal mineral, of which jacinth and jargon are varieties - jacinth is reddish orange, and jargoon brilliant and colorless).
Tom Wintringham (editor of Left Review), he termed this last book as "the best novel written this side the Channel since Hardy stopped writing".
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